Gary Saretzky Photo Books
Iraq War. Witness Iraq: A War Journal, February-April 2003, edited by Marcel Saba.
Iraq War. Witness Iraq: A War Journal, February-April 2003, edited by Marcel Saba.
powerHouse, 2003. 1st edition, 1st printing. Fine, like new with illustrated boards. Not issued with dust jacket. Finely printed in color by Meridian. Photographers credited at back of book: Jean-Marc Bouju; Jerome Delay; Luke Frazza; David Guttenfelder; Itsuo Inouye; Julie Jacobson; Paul Jarvis; Hussein Malla; John Mills; John Moore; Lefteris Itarakis; Laura Rauch; Laurent Rebours; Ashley Gilbertson; Bruno Stevens; Franco Tazetti; Lynsey Addario; Mark Avery; Karen Ballard; Christophe Calais; Oliver Coret; Brooks Kraft; David Leeson; Patrick Robert; Jerome Sessini; Gilles Bassignac; Alain Buu; Sungsu Cho; Steve Hebert; Frederic Lafargue; Hayne Palmour; Laurent Van der Stockt; Karen Ballard; Peter Barth; James Hill; Chris Hondros; Scott Nelson; Oleg Nikishin; Spencer Platt; Joe Raedle; Mario Tama; Thomas Dworzak; Paolo Pellegrin; Ikka Ulmonen; Franceso Zizola; Hyoung Chang; Andry Cross; Yannis Kontos; Timothy Fadek; Yannis Kontos; Peter Andrews; Yannis Behrakis; Desmond Boyland; Gleb Garanich; Chris Ison; Faleh Kheiber; Jerry Lampen; Ellen Ozier; Giles Penfold; Oleg Popov; Damir Sagolj; Goran Tomasevic; Albert Facelly; Olivier Jobard; Kenneth O’Halloran; Jim Lo Scalzo; Seamus Conlan; Matt Moyer; Heathcliff O’Malley; and Seamus Murphy.
According to the publisher: "Witness Iraq: A War Journal February-April 2003 documents the lightening-swift, U.S.-led military campaign Iraqi Freedom from the perspective of some of the world's most renowned and respected photojournalists who possessed extraordinary first-hand access to this unprecedented display of military precision, planning, and containment. Captured in Witness Iraq are the trials and tribulations of the coalition forces and the Iraqi people as the universally recognized terror of Saddam Hussein's regime is brought to an end by U.S.-led coalition forces.
Showcasing dramatic and compelling scenes of the three-week war, the book begins with the missile launch on Iraqi leadership targets and continues through the massive roll-out of tanks and troops in the desert, and from the fight of the Kurds in the North to the anticlimacticbut no less dramatic fall of Baghdad. Witness the desperation of Iraqi soldiers as they attempt to surrender. Witness in unprecedented detail the jubilation in Baghdad when the famed huge statue of Saddam Hussein is toppled. Feel the empathy of a U.S. soldier as he cradles a gravely injured Iraqi child. Although this has become history's most photographed military conflict, most photographs in this book have not been seen before. These images take you inside the war and show courage, tragedy, humor, and compassion, portraying the chaos of conflict as well as the respect and empathy for human life. Through these images, you will witness not only the realities of war but also the triumph of the human spirit."